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What is General Knowledge?

The public knowledge communicated by a range of non-specialist masses encompassing a wide subject range. General erudition: knowledge of many things.


What does General Knowledge talk about?

Knowledge about anything, anyone, anyplace in the universe. General acquaintance with facts, truths, or principles, as from study or investigation. General knowledge is also moderately associated with verbal ability, though only weakly or not at all with numerical and spatial ability.


Why is General Knowledge Needed?

There are studies that found General Knowledge can predict exam results. The study examined personality predictors &cognitive ability in student's exam performance which found General knowledge was positively related with overall exam results.


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Which of the following harmone is called the emergency harmone ?

A) Insulin B) Adrenaline
C) Estrogen D) Oxytocin
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Adrenaline

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Electron, Proton, Neutron discovered by

A) J. J. Thomson, Ernest Rutherford & James Chadwick B) John Dalton, J.J. Thomson & Neils Bohr
C) Neils Bohr, John Dalton & J.J. Thomson D) None of the above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) J. J. Thomson, Ernest Rutherford & James Chadwick

Explanation:

J. J. Thomson discovered electrons in the year 1897.

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Ernest Rutherford discovered protons in 1911.

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James Chadwick discovered neutrons.

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Q:

What is the capital of Philippines?

A) Warsaw B) Manila
C) Lisbon D) Doha
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Manila

Explanation:

Manila is the capital of Philippines

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The water fall, with the highest fall in india, is the 

A) Jog Falls, Karnataka B) Courtallam Falls, Tamil Nadu
C) Beraghat Falls, Madhya pradesh D) Ettipotala Falls, Andhra pradesh
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Jog Falls, Karnataka

Explanation:

The Sharavati river in Karnataka state of india drops 253 metresin four separate falls named- the Raja, the Rani, the Rocket and the Roarer -together known as jog falls. 

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Q:

Mirage is due to

A) Magnetic disturbances in the atmosphere B) Equal heating of different parts of the atmosphere
C) Unequal heating of different parts of the atmosphere D) Depletion of ozone layer in the atmosphere
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Unequal heating of different parts of the atmosphere

Explanation:

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A Mirage is a naturally occurring optical phenomenon due to unequal heating of different parts of the atmosphere in which light rays bend to produce a displaced image of distant objects or the sky.

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Keoladeo National Park is situated in which state?

A) Jharkand B) Rajasthan
C) Madhya Pradesh D) Uttar Pradesh
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Rajasthan

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_______ has hailed ARJUN as "among the best three Main Battle Tanks" in the world 

A) Gen Shankar Roy Chowdhury B) VS Arunachalam
C) Dr APJ Abdul Kalam D) Dr MGK Menon
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Dr APJ Abdul Kalam

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Where in the cell are chromosomes located?

A) mitochondria B) DNA
C) RNA D) Nucleus
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Nucleus

Explanation:

In all plants and animal cells chromosomes are located in the Nucleus of the cells.

 

 

 

The Chromosomes are thread like structures present in the nucleus of the cells which are made up of proteins and a single molecule of DNA.

 

 

 

Their function is to carry the characteristic features of parent cells to daughter cells. 

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